The Hobo Woods (Vietnam: Ground Zero) [Paperback]

Eric Helm (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Gold Eagle; paperback / softback edition (July 1, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373627076
• ISBN-13: 978-0373627073
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #735,444 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Storyline ...., June 7, 2002

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This review is from: The Hobo Woods (Vietnam: Ground Zero) (Paperback)

Since Amazon didn't post an editorial review for this book, here's the description from the back of the book to help you decide if this story is for you: "After spending one year back in the World, U.S. Special Forces Captain Mack Gerber returns to Vietnam smack in the middle of a political boondoggle. Although the Americans have incontrovertible evidence of a major enemy buildup in the Hobo Woods region, they are advised to exercise extreme restraint against the NVA. This mandate is the result of a press-whipped U.S. administration bucking under severe antiwar sentiments. The ripple effect touches officers in the field in Vietnam, and they are cautioned to keep all missions low-profile. Mack Gerber is stunned at these new events, especially since the American military has now been allowed to shed its adviser role and openly take part in combat. Gerber can't believe his orders: Go look for the enemy, but don't find him!" Eric Helm is the pen name of two Vietnam veterans, men who were there and who now tell it like it was.